Two Chatham County Sheriff’s Office employees have resigned after separate physical altercations with inmates in the last month.

The first altercation, on April 23, involved a sergeant and an inmate under restraints, Chatham County Sheriff John Wilcher said.

Wilcher said the inmate headbutted the sergeant. The sergeant then struck the inmate three times while in full restraints, Wilcher said.

The second incident happened May 9. Wilcher said a captain and three other deputies were conducting a hearing on an inmate placed “in lockdown.” Wilcher said the inmate “became disruptive,” stood up and spit in the captains face.

Wilcher said the captain jumped up and hit the inmate “two or three times.” Officers pushed the inmate off of the captain.

Wilcher said the captain then “went back and spit in his face again and hit him two or three more times.”